Liam Flood Explained

Liam Flood
Nickname:The Gentleman
Residence:Maynooth, Ireland
Birth Date: 1943
Death Date:16 August 2014 (aged 71)
Wsop Bracelet Count:None
Wsop Money Finishes:2
Wsop Main Event Best Finish Rank:None

Liam Flood (1943 – 16 August 2014) was an Irish bookmaker and professional poker player who was the 1997 European poker champion.[1] [2]

Poker career

Flood began playing poker tournaments in the 1980s in Ireland. He won the Irish Poker Open in 1990 and 1996,[3] becoming one of only four players to have won that tournament multiple times. He was a close friend of Terry Rogers who created the Irish Poker Open tournament, and has run the tournament since Rogers died in 1999.[4]

He was a finalist in series 1 and 2 of the Late Night Poker television series and went on to be the floorman for the Celebrity Poker Club spin-off. In 1997, he had an 11th-place finish in the pot-limit hold-em tournament at the World Series of Poker.[5] In 1998, he had a 15th-place finish in the no-limit hold-em tournament at the World Series.[6]

His biggest cash win to date is a second-place finish at the Party Poker World Open in Maidstone, Kent, England on 3 April 2005. He won $150,000.[7] Flood also appeared in the 2005 World Speed Poker Open. His total lifetime professional tournament winnings exceeded $1,100,000.[8]

In 2007, Flood won the Party Poker European Open, beating Darren Hickman in the final head-to-head and pocketing the first prize of $125,000.[9] This was his first outright win in a televised tournament.

On 16 August 2014, Flood died at the age of 71.[10]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Kirby, Terry (2005) "Poker playing robots? Surely not", The Independent, 6 July 2005, retrieved 7 November 2010
  2. Web site: 29 August 1984 . Irishman wins big poker pot. Associated Press . 18 December 2023 . The Tuscaloosa News. Google News.
  3. Web site: Irish Poker Open 1996, No Limit Hold'em . 2024-03-31 . The Hendon Mob . en.
  4. Web site: O'Kearney . Dara . 24 August 2014 . Obituary: Liam Flood, poker player and tournament organiser . 18 December 2023 . Independent.ie . en.
  5. Web site: 28th World Series of Poker - WSOP 1997, Hold'em Pot Limit . 2024-04-13 . The Hendon Mob . en.
  6. Web site: 29th World Series of Poker - WSOP 1998, No Limit Hold'em . 2024-04-13 . The Hendon Mob . en.
  7. Web site: Party Poker World Open, Final - No Limit Hold'em . 2024-04-13 . The Hendon Mob . en.
  8. Web site: Liam Flood's profile on The Hendon Mob . 16 November 2023 . The Hendon Mob Poker Database . en.
  9. Web site: Partypoker.com European Open III, No Limit Hold'em - Final . 2024-04-13 . The Hendon Mob . en.
  10. News: Burton . Earl . 22 August 2014 . Poker's Liam Flood, Tony Korfman Pass Away . PokerNewsDaily.com . 18 December 2023.